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Turkmenistan
2017
EAM
Presidential
The legislation could be amended to provide exact guidance on who is allowed to be present during voting, counting and the tabulation of results. PEC chairpersons could be trained to enforce these provisions.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Day
Turkmenistan
2017
EAM
Presidential
To ensure the integrity of the process, ballot papers should have security features and be accounted for through the accurate use of reconciliation forms, and ballot boxes should be properly sealed with numbered plastic seals.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Day
Turkmenistan
2017
EAM
Presidential
To ensure the accuracy and transparency of the process tabulation procedures should be further elaborated to provide for full accountability.
Recommendation # in final report:
27
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Day
Turkmenistan
2018
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
An enabling environment should be created for the establishment of private and independent media, free of administrative and other impediments, to encourage the exercise of free speech and access to information.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Media
Turkmenistan
2018
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
Safeguards should be developed and implemented to ensure that election commissions are independent from the government and local self-governance bodies, and guided by the principles of transparency, professionalism, and impartiality. In particular, PEC members could be appointed from different institutions, and workplace hierarchy should not be transferred to the commissions. Mechanisms to improve gender balance among the commissioners should be considered.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Turkmenistan
2018
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration should be given to improving the accuracy of the voter lists, possibly through the introduction of a permanent, centralized voter register. The voter register should be regularly updated ahead of elections and be centrally checked for errors and multiple registrations.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Turkmenistan
2018
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
The provision on equal rights of candidates to campaign should be interpreted broadly, allowing candidates to freely pursue their own methods of campaigning within the limits set by the law.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Turkmenistan
2018
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
The authorities and election administration should undertake measures to ensure the integrity of the electoral process, in particular by preventing proxy voting, multiple voting, ballot box stuffing, and inflation of the voter turnout.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Day
Turkmenistan
2018
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
The integrity of the process would benefit from elaborating and enforcing detailed procedures on counting and tabulation of results. In line with the Electoral Code, ConECs should genuinely establish the results in each constituency, including scrutiny of the PEC results and materials. Transparency of the process should be enhanced, and the existing requirements to display results must be observed.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Day
Turkmenistan
2018
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
CEC training for PECs should emphasise that unauthorised people shall not be present in polling stations and interfere with PEC activities. This information could also be conveyed in public voter education materials.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Administration
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